To prevent nausea from chemotherapy.
Side effects of stopping chemotherapy.
Side effects of chemotherapy include illness and infection bleeding easily hair loss and nausea or vomiting.
This is called palliative care.
Common side effects chemotherapy can cause fatigue loss of appetite nausea bowel issues such as constipation or diarrhoea hair loss mouth sores skin and nail problems.
And some people have trouble with thinking concentrating and memory for months or years after treatment.
What are common side effects of chemo.
More common bleeding blistering burning coldness discoloration of the skin feeling of pressure hives infection inflammation itching lumps numbness pain rash redness scarring soreness stinging swelling tenderness tingling ulceration or warmth at the injection site.
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Easy bruising and bleeding.
Anemia low red blood cell counts nausea and vomiting.
Many chemotherapy drugs affect hair follicles and can cause hair loss within a few weeks of the first treatment.
Learn more about 10 of the most common side effects and how to combat them here.
Most people worry about whether they ll have side effects from chemo and if so what they ll be like.
Most side effects go away after treatment.
Side effects are caused when the chemotherapy damages rapidly dividing healthy cells.
Here are some of the more common side effects caused by chemotherapy.
But some continue come back or develop later.
Medical care after chemotherapy stops if you decide to stop chemotherapy be sure you re still getting relief from symptoms such as pain constipation and nausea.
Hair loss is perhaps the most infamous side effect of chemo treatments.
For example some types of chemotherapy may cause permanent damage to the heart lung liver kidneys or reproductive system.
If you re a woman chemotherapy can damage your eggs and harm your ovaries.